{"id":539620,"date":"2026-07-23T02:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/539620\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T02:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:15:19","slug":"kenneth-branagh-stars-in-laird-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/539620\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Branagh Stars In &#8220;Laird&#8221; TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kenneth-branagh-stars-in-laird-tv-series.jpg\" data-caption=\"20th Centuy Studios\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kenneth-branagh-stars-in-laird-tv-series.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"kenneth-branagh-stars-in-laird-tv-series\"\/><\/a>20th Centuy Studios<\/p>\n<p>Actor\/filmmaker Kenneth Branagh is set to get his own Paramount+ series.<\/p>\n<p>Branagh will both star in and executive produce \u201cLaird,\u201d a family drama set in the Scottish Highlands.<\/p>\n<p>The series will follow a local estate owner, the Laird of Castle Drummoch (Branagh), who challenges the ambitions of an American billionaire intent on buying up large swaths of nearby land.<\/p>\n<p>The project hails from \u201cThe Agency\u201d co-creators and brothers Jez and John-Henry Butterworth along with \u201cThe 100\u201d producer Georgia Lee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAtonement\u201d and \u201cDarkest Hour\u201d filmmaker Joe Wright will direct the pilot while Branagh, the Butterworths, David Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Charles Finch and Keith Cox executive produce.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios is backing the project.  Paramount+ is continuing to order high-profile shows with major leads including legal drama \u201cDiscretion\u201d with Nicole Kidman, and true crime adaptation \u201cFear Not\u201d with Anne Hathaway.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/paramount-scottish-highland-saga-laird-kenneth-branagh-1236653912\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">THR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/ali-g-who-iz-i-film-sets-october-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAli G: Who Iz I\u201d Film Sets October Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/glen-powell-plays-lou-gehrig-for-linklater\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glen Powell Plays Lou Gehrig For Linklater<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20th Centuy Studios Actor\/filmmaker Kenneth Branagh is set to get his own Paramount+ series. Branagh will both star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-539620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}